César Vallejo Quotes

1892–1938 Peru

César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language.

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The pure and poorly adapted one who crashed against the world of fakes and cheats.

Aphorisms (2002)

Intellectuals are rebels, not revolutionaries.

Aphorisms (2002)

The arts (painting, poetry, etc.) are not just these. Eating, drinking, walking are also arts; every act is an art.

Aphorisms (2002)

Mechanics is a means or discipline for the realization of life, but not life itself. It ought to carry us to life itself.

Aphorisms (2002)

Aviation in air, in water and in spirit. Its laws are different in all three cases. The spirit soars the more it weighs and sinks into itself. The heavier the spirit, the higher and farther it flies.

Aphorisms (2002)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: César Vallejo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.